Is the urine of a breastfed female taahir(clean)?If not, Why is it only for a male breastfed baby?

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Human urine is impure and must be cleaned off, whether it comes from a child or an adult, male or female, except it is less serious in the case of a baby boy who is not yet eating food, in which case sprinkling water is sufficient to purify it. Al-Bukhaari (223) and Muslim (287) narrated from Umm Qays bint Mihsan (may Allaah be pleased with her) that she brought a son of hers who was not yet eating food to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) sat him on his lap, and he urinated on his garment, so he called for some water and sprinkled it, but did not wash it.

Al-Tirmidhi (610) and Ibn Maajah (525) narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said concerning the urine of an infant boy: “Sprinkle the urine of a boy and wash the urine of a girl.” Qataadah said: This applies so long as they are not eating food; if they are eating food then it must be washed in both cases. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.

This hadeeth indicates that there is a difference between the urine of boys and girls. In the case of boys’ urine it is sufficient to sprinkle it, but the urine of a girl must be washed.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Sprinkling means putting water on it without rubbing or squeezing, until it covers the entire area.

If it is said, What is the reason why the urine of a boy who is not eating food is sprinkled and not washed like the urine of a girl? The answer is that the reason is that this is what is enjoined in the Sunnah, and that is sufficient reason. Hence when ‘Aa’ishah was asked why a woman has to make up fasts that were missed because of menstruation but she does not have to make up prayers missed for the same reason, she said, “That used to happen to us at the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and we were commanded to make up the fasts and we were not commanded to make up the prayers.”

Nevertheless, some scholars have tried to come up with the reason for that.

Some of them said: the reason for that is that it is easier, because usually the male is carried a lot, and people rejoice over him and love him more than the female, and his urine comes out from a narrow opening, so when he urinates it spreads. Because he is carried a lot and washing his urine would be too difficult, so this concession was made.

They also said: his nourishment which is milk is soft, so when he starts to eat regular food it becomes necessary to wash his urine.

The apparent meaning of the words of our companions (the Hanbalis) is that differentiating between the urine of boys and girls is something that is prescribed in the Sunnah, so we follow it.

Can you provide a source. I have never heard this and need to see if it is classified as saheeh or not.

I found it on islamqa.com. It does say this is saheeh. It also states there is a difference between a baby girl's and a baby boy's urine and it says why.

It says that it must be washed off once he eats food, is nourished by it and asks for it. Not when he eats whatever is placed in his mouth.

Amna, sorry but you are wrong. Females urine is still unclean. It has to do with the opening of a male and how his urine spreads. Also, stools are still unclean, it doesn't matter who it is from or if they are a baby or not. You can verify this in the link I provided from Islam Q&A because it goes into great detail and mentions exactly what I just told you.

It is true that the adoption is not finalized for at least 6 mo, but you have custody from the agency to make all medical decisions for the child. Technically the child is in the agencies care, but practically they only do periodic monitoring during the post-placement phase. So you make all decision about how and what the child is fed. With domestic newborn adoption the child will remain in the parents care unless there is a problem. It isn't really accurate to say it is unknown, it is pretty well known with a few exceptions. We considered our child "ours" from the moment the first mother signed the papers. There was some risk this could change before we finalized, but very small.

Girl Urine

Ummm because a boy baby happened to pee on him.....I don't think it is a gender issue.

I am not sure about this hadith but it's kind of like when babies eat solid food their poo stinks and before when just being breastfed it doesn't. So maybe it's along those lines.

i remember going to arabic school every saturday and we would listen to the teacher talking about the prophets and some hadiths. anyway the teacher at one stage got to this subject where he mentioned the boy and girl urine. he said that u dont have to wash out infant boy urnie but with girls yes. he said that girl urine has something in it i dont know i cant remember and it smells so therfore you have to wash the garmet of where a infant female has urinated 7 times.

Wa alaikkumusslam. Thanking for sharing. There is no gender issue we should see in here. Aishah (Raliyallahu anha)

when a baby is exclusively breastfeeding ( no other foods ) . the babys urine and stools is pure/clean.female or male! it was just that it was a boy that was passed to him.

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